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sprucing

verb

present participle of spruce

as in embellishing

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Rih also went all in on the accessories, embellishing her sweatsuit with her beloved gold collar necklace, diamond drop earrings, and tortoiseshell Phoebe Philo cat-eye sunglasses.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Mohajir and Dela Cruz would benefit from embellishing both their plating and their messaging.

— John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

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Jason Watson, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of Strategic Reentry Programs, described testing as essential to improving reliability.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Serve the easy meal, use the good blanket, and let a pleasure count without improving it.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2026

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In 2020, a group of political operatives working closely with Florida Power and Light sought to derail Rodríguez’s re-election campaign for the Senate by tricking voters into voting for an independent candidate with the same last name.

— Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
The top-performing red teamer on the original Arena was a lawyer from Melbourne who just happened to be good at tricking models into jumping their guardrails.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

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Skau warned that as attention turns towards ameliorating the security crisis, resources should not be taken away from addressing the surging humanitarian needs, which include more than 5 million people who do not have enough to eat.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Taking control of the narrative is the first step to ameliorating the damage.

— David Rivera, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026

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